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Progress on TFM - Week 1

I'm working on Two for Mirth, a mystery sapphic romantasy standalone, for my (unaffiliated) Camp NaNo project this month. Here's where I'm at on draft 1:

Monday, 4/1: 2,692 words Tuesday, 4/2: 3,742 words Wednesday, 4/3: 0 words (Therapy took up my writing time) Thursday, 4/4: 1,769 words Friday, 4/5: 0 words (Mental health day)

TOTAL: 8,203 words

My goal for the month is 35k, and I'm well on my way to hitting that mark! I did write myself off-course a bit and now I need to re-write a few sections before I keep going, which is slightly frustrating. Somehow my characters just do whatever they want regardless of what I need them to be doing in order to progress the plot, anyone else have that problem? And feel free to reblog and let me know how your progress is going, too, Camp NaNo or otherwise!

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Hello! Could I be added to the tag list for Two for Mirth and Nothing but Thieves, please? Thank you! I am absolutely ecstatic to see more about Eliza from Nothing but Thieves!

Of course, thank you! <3 Eliza's going to be my problematic fave as well, I'm afraid.

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feeling called out today

credit: _ADWills

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A reminder to all my lovely fellow writers: progress is progress, even when it isn't. Writing four thousand words in a session is progress. Writing a hundred words in a session is progress. Removing an entire scene because it doesn't flow well is progress. Rethinking your plan for the plot in order to get unstuck is progress. Development looks different for every writer and every story.

#q #yeah

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the urge to write is like a cat meowing for dear life for someone to open the goddamn door, who then shows utter disinterest in said open door

#q #real

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E.M. Forster // Louise Glück

#q #tfm #inspo

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#q #self rb

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WOOF the dopamine rush of figuring out how to fix a plot hole with just a couple of easy paragraphs after agonizing over it for days, nothing like it

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Quote of the day from my first draft of Two for Mirth, my mystery sapphic romantasy:

I took her in again, and barked out a laugh. “No, I don’t think the people here would take too kindly to leather pants and six daggers.” “Eight.” “What?” “Eight daggers.” "Oh. Well, eight, then. But you have a point."

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When you finally won the battle of opening up your WIP to edit but your brain is fighting you on touching the document so you’re in paralysis like

#q #me rn #just FOUR MORE SCENES to outline

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this ask polly comment..

#someone tell this to my mc #tfm

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happy (unaffiliated) Camp NaNo to all who participate!

Goal today is 1500-2k words on TFM

#tfm #pray 4 me #its also finals season

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WOOF the dopamine rush of figuring out how to fix a plot hole with just a couple of easy paragraphs after agonizing over it for days, nothing like it

#q

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One of the best writing advice I have gotten in all the months I have been writing is "if you can't go anywhere from a sentence, the problem isn't in you, it's in the last sentence." and I'm mad because it works so well and barely anyone talks about it. If you're stuck at a line, go back. Backspace those last two lines and write it from another angle or take it to some other route. You're stuck because you thought up to that exact sentence and nothing after that. Well, delete that sentence, make your brain think because the dead end is gone. It has worked wonders for me for so long it's unreal

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It's about the difference between what your character professes to believe and the secret beliefs they act on but are unaware that they hold

#true #q